The top official at the Trump administration's budget office said that the number of federal job cuts during the ongoing government shutdown could exceed 10,000; while a federal judge put the layoffs on hold temporarily.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought appeared on "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Wednesday at the White House and said the administration's efforts to cut the federal workforce in the midst of the shutdown are likely to grow beyond the roughly 4,000 workers who've received reduction-in-force (RIF) notices thus far.

"That's just a snapshot, and I think it'll get much higher," Vought said. "I think we'll probably end up being north of 10,000."

"We're going to keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown, because we think it's important to

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